Hundreds of riot police overran improvised barricades at Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons in running battles with protesters who have been occupying the area for more than a week. (June 11)
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Istanbul, Turkey – June 11, 2013
1. Police firing tear gas
2. Police using water canon with protester running
3. Police with shields firing tear gas and moving forward slowly
4. Water canon vehicle spraying and moving forward
5. Water canon vehicle and protester moving to curb
6. Wide shot from above square looking down
7. Police firing tear gas
8. Police moving forward on street
9. Protesters in park
10. Young men running with stretcher
11. Shot from above with water canon
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tarsu Orzyurt, protester (Transcribed Below)
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16. Police with shields firing tear gas
17. Police officer kneels and fires tear gas
18. Zoom out on protesters in square
STORYLINE:
HUNDREDS OF RIOT POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS — RUBBER BULLETS AND WATER CANnons…
CLASHED WITH PROTESTERS IN ISTANBULS TAKSIM (tock-SIHM) SQUARE ON TUESDAY.
THE POLICE RAID CAME ON THE 12TH DAY OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST TURKEY’S PRIME MINISTER — (REH’-jehp TY’-ihp UR’-doh-wahn) — seen by MANY AS INCREASINGLY RELIGIOUS AND AUTHORITARIAN FOR THE SECULAR COUNTRY.
WHAT STARTED OUT AS PEACEFUL PROTESTS AGAINST PLANS TO REDEVELOP A PARK IN INSTANBUL — WHERE HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN CAMPING OUT — HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY VIOLENT.
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tarsu Orzyurt, protester:
“Of course people protested because nobody believes the police or the governor when they say (the) police will not interrupt, will not come into Gezi Park. They don’t believe them anymore. We won’t believe then anymore. We saw policemen telling us, come to the street, you don’t be afraid, and then they shoot at us. So nobody believes them.”
SPEAKING IN THE CAPITAL — ERDOGAN SAID HE WAS AT THE END OF HIS PATIENCE WITH THE PROTESTERS.
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AND HE ACCUSED THEM OF SULLYING TURKEY’S IMAGE ABROAD.
THE TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION Says FOUR people have been killed AND MANY PROTESTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN HURT in the clashes.
——————-THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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